18 (A)And Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three, and he lifted up his spear against three hundred, [a]and slew them, and he had the name among the three.

19 For he was most excellent of the three, and was their captain, but he attained not unto the first three.

20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada the son of [b]a valiant man, which had done many acts, and was of Kabzeel, slew two strong men of Moab: he went down also, and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in the time of snow.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 23:18 Hebrew, slain.
  2. 2 Samuel 23:20 Or, Jesse

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